[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Elections 2013

[Philippe Beaudette]

This is fixed, thank you.  :-)

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Philippe Beaudette
Director, Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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philippe at wikimedia.org


On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Takashi OTA <
supertakot+foundation-l at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been working on a translation of FDC Ombud election in to Japanese.
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/FDC_Ombudsperson_elections/2013
>
> In the section of "How to submit your candidacy", it reads:
> > If you are eligible, you can submit your candidacy by doing the
> following:
> >
> > Write a brief summary of no more than 1200 characters stating what you
> would do
> > if you were elected to the Funds Dissemination Committee,
>
> Shouldn't it be "if you were elected to the FDC Ombuds(person)", not FDC
> itself?
>
> --Takashi OTA
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber at wikimedia.de>
> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > thanks for the announcement and all the work the election committee
> > has done so far.
> >
> > I have written a kind of lengthy blog post about the elections and
> > about how and why the communities can or should get involved. It's in
> > German, but if anyone's interested in translating it, you are more
> > than welcome to re-use and remix and build upon it (of course... ;)).
> >
> >
> https://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/04/29/community-wahlt-hochstes-gremium-des-wikimedia-universums-board-of-trustees-der-wikimedia-foundation/
> >
> > Cheerio,
> > Nicole
> >
> >
> > On 2 May 2013 06:29, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are now being accepted
> for
> >> the 2013 Wikimedia Foundation Elections.  This year, elections are being
> >> held for the following roles:
> >>
> >>
> >>    -
> >>
> >>    Board of Trustees
> >>
> >> The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately
> >> responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we
> value
> >> wide input into its selection.  There are three positions being filled.
> >> More information about this role can be found at <
> >>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Board_elections/2013
> >.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    -
> >>
> >>    Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
> >>
> >> The Funds Dissemination Committee
> >> (FDC)<
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC
> >makes
> >> recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia
> >> movement <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia> funds to eligible
> >> entities.  There are two positions being filled. More information about
> >> this role can be found at <
> >>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/FDC_elections/2013
> >.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    -
> >>
> >>    Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud
> >>
> >> The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process,
> >> investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees,  and
> >> summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on
> an
> >> annual basis.  One position is being filled.  More information about
> this
> >> role can be found at <
> >>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/FDC_Ombudsperson_elections/2013
> >.
> >>
> >>
> >> The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 24 to 23:59
> UTC
> >> May 17. More
> >> information on this election can be found at  <
> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013>.
> >>
> >>
> >> Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's
> village
> >> pump, or to translate it and distribute it on other Wikimedia movement
> >> mailing lists. Any questions related to the election can be posted on
> the
> >> talk page
> >> on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list,
> >> <board-elections AT wikimedia.org>
> >>
> >> On behalf of the Election Committee,
> >>
> >> Risker
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Nicole Ebber
> > International Affairs
> >
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> > Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0
> >
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> >
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> > unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das
> > Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
> >
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